Work and Such
Tonight I raced out of the office to the National Geographic Society on M and 17th to attend the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize presentation and reception.
The building is gorgeous even though I felt less so as I ran in feeling off-balance after a day of confronting what may be my professional weaknesses. More on that later.
The presentation was lovely and brought up on the stage some of the most amazing people doing grassroots organization for environmental causes in the world. These people do insane things from taking Chevron to court in Equador to writing songs about "washing your hands" that make top music charts in the UK.
I may be biased, but despite how amazing these people were, how well they spoke and how obviously passionate they were, seeing them up on stage made me understand even more fully just how amazing the people we elect as Fellows are.
Sometimes in the day to day of the office you can forget what you are working for, who you are working for. Even when you have Fellows staying at your house and out to dinner, their amazing humility and down-to-earth character (albeit in some cases) can make you forget just how insane their accomplishments really are.
Yes I attended an event tonight honoring some really amazing environmentalists but I get to work everyday for people doing just as remarkable things, and in many cases even more remarkable, in so many different fields all over the world.
After especially long, challenging days its a good feeling to know why you are working and in spite of plenty of interesting challenges, I feel really lucky to be where I am.
The building is gorgeous even though I felt less so as I ran in feeling off-balance after a day of confronting what may be my professional weaknesses. More on that later.
The presentation was lovely and brought up on the stage some of the most amazing people doing grassroots organization for environmental causes in the world. These people do insane things from taking Chevron to court in Equador to writing songs about "washing your hands" that make top music charts in the UK.
I may be biased, but despite how amazing these people were, how well they spoke and how obviously passionate they were, seeing them up on stage made me understand even more fully just how amazing the people we elect as Fellows are.
Sometimes in the day to day of the office you can forget what you are working for, who you are working for. Even when you have Fellows staying at your house and out to dinner, their amazing humility and down-to-earth character (albeit in some cases) can make you forget just how insane their accomplishments really are.
Yes I attended an event tonight honoring some really amazing environmentalists but I get to work everyday for people doing just as remarkable things, and in many cases even more remarkable, in so many different fields all over the world.
After especially long, challenging days its a good feeling to know why you are working and in spite of plenty of interesting challenges, I feel really lucky to be where I am.
posted by Dani @ 5:22 PM
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